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The natural mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man…The naturall mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man…
The natural mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man considered in both his capacities, either in the state of nature or grace / as is laid down in XVII sermons by that late truly orthodox divine, Mr. Christopher Love ... ; whereunto is annexed The saints triumph over death, being his funeral sermon, by that painful labourer in the Lords vineyard, Mr. Tho. Manton ...The naturall mans case stated, or, An exact map of the little world man considered in both his capacities, either in the state of nature or grace / as is laid down in XVII sermons by that late truely orthodox divine, Mr. Christopher Love ... ; whereunto is annexed The saints triumph over death, being his funeral sermon, by that painful labourer in the Lords vineyard, Mr. Tho. Manton ...
London: printed by E. Cotes for George Eversden, 1652
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Object. Ob. But here some will be ready to say, How can this be that the Apostle should say, they were without hope, when were it not for hope, the heart would break; and therefore it is not possible, they should be without hope?
Answ. I answer, it is true, they had a hope, but it was a vain hope, an ungrounded and a deluding hope, and this kind of hope is no better then no hope at all, so that the Apostle might well say they had no hope, that is, no good nor well grounded hope for heaven, they had only a presumptuous hope, such a hope as would make them ashamed in the latter end, they had only the hope of the hypocrite that shall perish, and therefore when the Apostle says, that these Ephesians during their unregeneracy, were without hope, his meaning is, that they were without any well grounded hopes for heaven, they had no Scripture grounds, to bottom or build any hopes upon, that God would bring them to heaven; this is a very sad and dreadful point I am now upon, in showing you this part of mans misery, without hope; the Observation I shall draw out from hence shall be this;
Answ. I answer, it is true, they had a hope, but it was a vain hope, an ungrounded and a deluding hope, and this kinde of hope is no better then no hope at all, so that the Apostle might well say they had no hope, that is, no good nor well grounded hope for heaven, they had onely a presumptuous hope, such a hope as would make them ashamed in the latter end, they had only the hope of the hypocrite that shall perish, and therefore when the Apostle sayes, that these Ephesians during their unregeneracy, were without hope, his meaning is, that they were without any wel grounded hopes for heaven, they had no Scripture grounds, to bottome or build any hopes upon, that God would bring them to heaven; this is a very sad and dreadfull point I am now upon, in shewing you this part of mans misery, without hope; the Observation I shall draw out from hence shall be this;